Reeh 15:9 · unit 3

TT #300 · Parashas Reeh · Sixth Aliyah · Passuk 15:9

The Complete Passuk

הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֡ פֶּן־יִהְיֶ֣ה דָבָר֩ עִם־לְבָבְךָ֨ בְלִיַּ֜עַל לֵאמֹ֗ר קָֽרְבָ֣ה שְׁנַֽת־הַשֶּׁ֘בַע֮ שְׁנַ֣ת הַשְּׁמִטָּה֒ וְרָעָ֣ה עֵֽינְךָ֗ בְּאָחִ֙יךָ֙ הָֽאֶבְי֔וֹן וְלֹ֥א תִתֵּ֖ן ל֑וֹ וְקָרָ֤א עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְהָיָ֥ה בְךָ֖ חֵֽטְא׃

Beware lest there be a base thought in your heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand," and your eye be evil against your needy brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to Hashem against you, and it be sin in you.

Chabad.org — 15:9

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei / Makkos.

Sefaria — Sifrei / Makkos

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
שְׁנַת הַשְּׁמִטָּה – מִמַּשְׁמַע שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר שְׁנַת הַשֶּׁבַע אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ שֶׁהִיא שְׁנַת הַשְּׁמִטָּה, וּמַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר, אֶלָּא לוֹמַר לְךָ יֵשׁ שְׁמִטָּה אַחֶרֶת שֶׁהִיא כָּזוֹ, וְאֵיזוֹ הִיא, זֶה הַמַּלְוֶה אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ סְתָם שֶׁאֵינוֹ רַשַּׁאי לְתָבְעוֹ פָּחוֹת מִשְּׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם.

English: "The year of release" — From the implication of the words "the seventh year" I would already know that it is the year of release; why then does the verse add "the year of release"? To teach you that there is another release that is similar to this one—namely, an ordinary loan whose term is not specified, which may not be claimed in less than thirty days.

On the daf / in context: Thirty days are treated as a full year for the purpose of this comparison, creating a secondary "release" period for unspecified loans.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Sifrei) — an ordinary loan has a thirty-day minimum term.

What Is Learned

An ordinary loan whose duration was not stipulated may not be claimed before thirty days have elapsed.